Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Policy database distribution
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Displaying the fabric-wide consistency policy
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the fddCfg --showall command.
Example shows policies for a fabric where no consistency policy is defined.
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE - Accept/Reject
---------------------------------
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
IPFILTER - accept
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- ""
Setting the fabric-wide consistency policy
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the fddCfg
--fabwideset command.
Example shows how to set a strict SCC and tolerant DCC fabric-wide consistency policy.
switch:admin> fddcfg --fabwideset "SCC:S;DCC"
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE - Accept/Reject
---------------------------------
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
IPFILTER - accept
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- "SCC:S;DCC"
TABLE 34 Fabric-wide consistency policy settings
Setting Value When a policy is activated
Absent null Database is not automatically distributed to other switches in the fabric.
Tolerant database_id All updated and new policies of the type specified (SCC, DCC, or both) are
distributed to all Fabric v6.1.0and later switches in the fabric.
Strict database_id:S All updated and new policies of the type specified (SCC, DCC, or both) are
distributed to all switches in the fabric.